In recent decades, human rights have come to occupy an
apparently unshakable position as a key and pervasive feature of
contemporary global public culture. At the same time, human rights
have become a central focus of research in the social sciences,
embracing distinctive analytical and empirical agendas for the
study of rights. This volume gathers together original
social-scientific research on human rights, and in doing so
situates them in an open intellectual terrain, thereby responding
to the complexity and scope of meanings, practices, and
institutions associated with such rights.
Chapters in the book examine diverse theoretical perspectives
and examine such issues as the right to health, indigenous peoples'
rights, cultural politics, the role of the United Nations, women
and violence, the role of corporations and labour law. Written by
leading scholars in the field and from a range of disciplines
across the social sciences, this volume combines new empirical
research with both established and innovative social theory.
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